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Curt Smith (born June 24, 1961, Bath, Somerset, England) is an English singer, bassist, synthesizer player and songwriter. He is best known for forming the band Tears for Fears, along with guitarist Roland Orzabal. He was originally in the ska influenced band Graduate and had also been in a band called Neon, featuring future members of Naked Eyes. June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ...
1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ...
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Bath is a city in South West England most famous for its baths fed by three hot springs. ...
Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ...
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In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ...
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June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ...
1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ...
Bath is a city in South West England most famous for its baths fed by three hot springs. ...
Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ...
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A bassist is a musician who plays a double bass or electric bass (also referred to as bass guitar). ...
A synthesizer (or synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument designed to produce electronically generated sound, using techniques such as additive, subtractive, FM, physical modelling synthesis, phase distortion, or Scanned synthesis. ...
A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ...
In music, a band is a company of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ...
Tears for Fears (abbreviated TFF) are a popular English pop band formed in the early 1980s by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, which emerged after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate. ...
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Roland Orzabal Roland Orzabal (born Roland Jaime Orzabal de la Quintana, 22 August 1961, in Portsmouth, England) is the co-founder of the English pop band, Tears for Fears. ...
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Graduate was formed in 1979 in Bath. ...
Naked Eyes was an Eighties synthpop duo, best known for their first single, a cover of the Burt Bacharach / Hal David standard (Theres) Always Something There to Remind Me (Bacharach himself has cited the cover as a personal favourite). ...
Smith sang lead vocals four of the tracks on Tears for Fears' debut album The Hurting, including the four hit singles taken from the album, however he had a lesser role as a vocalist on the subsequent Songs from the Big Chair and The Seeds Of Love albums, on which he was predominantly a bass player. He does, however, sing lead vocals on "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", TFF's biggest UK hit. The Hurting is the debut album by British pop band Tears for Fears. ...
Songs from the Big Chair was the second album released by the British pop band Tears for Fears. ...
The Seeds of Love is the third album by the band Tears for Fears, released in 1989. ...
Everybody wants to rule the world is a song by Tears for Fears from their 1984 album Songs From The Big Chair. ...
In popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list—a chart—of top selling or otherwise judged most popular releases. ...
His last single as a lead vocalist with Tears For Fears was "Advice For The Young At Heart". After leaving Tears For Fears in 1991, he recorded the solo album Soul On Board, which met with little success. Sound recorder redirects here. ...
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Soul On Board was the first solo album released by Curt Smith, member of the British pop band Tears for Fears. ...
After moving to New York, he formed a new band, Mayfield (a pun on the words "Curt is Mayfield"). The band released a self-titled album, which met with little success. Smith later released the album Aeroplane. In the U.S., this was a six song EP - but in Canada and elsewhere, it was essentially the earlier Mayfield album combined with additional songs from the U.S. EP. New York, NY redirects here. ...
Aeroplane was the second solo album released by Curt Smith, member of the British pop band Tears for Fears. ...
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In April 2007, French record label XIII Bis Records released Halfway Pleased, a solo album Smith had been working on since 2002. It had been put on the shelf for a few years while he and Orzabal worked on the recording, release and promotion of the Tears For Fears reunion album, Everybody Loves A Happy Ending. Halfway Pleased was mixed by Tim Palmer, and features the eleven tracks Smith had been working on with songwriting partner Charlton Pettus prior to the Tears For Fears reunion. This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
These included the original version of "Who You Are" (which wound up being recorded by Tears For Fears on Everybody Loves A Happy Ending); a live version of "Snow Hill" from the 2005 Tears For Fears UK tour; the single version of "Seven Of Sundays" (re-recorded as a duet with French singer So); and a cover of "On Ira Tous au Paradis" (which is also available on A Tribute to Polnareff). A music video was made for "Seven of Sundays". The duet, by Hendrik ter Brugghen A duet is a musical composition or piece for two performers, most often used for a vocal or piano duet. ...
In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ...
A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ...
Smith also runs Zerodisc, a label and management company. In his early years in Bath, he attended the Beechen Cliff School. Beechen Cliff School is a boys secondary school in Bath, England. ...
See also
Tears for Fears (abbreviated TFF) are a popular English pop band formed in the early 1980s by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, which emerged after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate. ...
Roland Orzabal Roland Orzabal (born Roland Jaime Orzabal de la Quintana, 22 August 1961, in Portsmouth, England) is the co-founder of the English pop band, Tears for Fears. ...
Ian Stanley (born 28/2-1957) was a member of the British band Tears For Fears. ...
Manny Elias (born in 1953 in Calcutta) is an English drummer. ...
External links - Zerodisc
- Halfway, Pleased
- Rolling Stone - Curt Smith
- Curt Smith's Myspace
- imdb profile
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